This month the Open Science Initiative (OSI) of The Maple Society is publishing Peter Gregory's Acer capillipes profi le, with photographs by Hugh Angus. The beautiful Kyushu or Hair-foot Japanese Maple is surely one of the best of th e Snake Barks. Check it out at Open Science at the Maple Society | The Maple Society This is the next in an exciting OSI series featuring Peter's maple profiles. Coming soon (I promise): Acer campbellii .